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Human Resource Management is changing. Moving beyond basic transactional
functions, your role as an HR professional has now evolved to include
working with executives and managers to set priorities and guide change
for your organization. Drawing upon the research and practice of
seasoned Organization Development professionals, the Handbook for
Strategic HR collects articles found in the esteemed journal OD
Practitioner to give you an overview of the core knowledge and skills
you need to play a trusted advisory role in your organization.

A compendium of the best thinking on the subject, the Handbook for
Strategic HR supplies methods that will help you see the big
picture, think systemically, and strategically identify where best to
foster change in your organization. In addition, you will read about how
to team up with consultants and senior level staff in leading change
projects, put employee engagement to practical use in the impor­tant
work your organization is doing, learn how to operate effectively in
cross-cultural and virtual working situations, and much more.

This essential resource supplies you with powerful and necessary insight
into the four major competency areas needed to partner with other
leaders in your organization:

Understanding the Business

The new breed of HR professional must be truly knowledgeable about the
business of his or her organization: what it does; its products or
services; customers; markets; competitors; how it works, its business
model, performance and financial drivers; its mission, direction, and
strategy; history, culture, and environment; and global influences. As
an HR Business Partner, you must understand how your business makes and
spends its money in order to contribute effectively to its
organizational sustainability and bottom line.

Strategic Human Resources

The book shows you how to move beyond oper­ational tasks—such as
administering benefits and updating employee records—to the deeper
strategic aspects of your role: e.g., designing and implementing a total
rewards compensation approach to support the behaviors that will meet
the needs of customers and anticipating the talent needs created by new
strategies.

Foundational Organization Development

Creating an environment in which employees can operate at their fullest
potential requires understanding your organization as a system from
individual, team, and organizational perspectives. The book gives you a
firm introduction to organization design and strategy development; the
processes of whole systems change; leadership development; team
development; organization diagnostics and assessment; coaching;
facilitation; organization culture change; and the use of applied
behavioral sciences to improve the effectiveness of human system
dynamics.

Partnership

Becoming a partner with senior leadership and management involves
developing collaborative relationships; understanding interpersonal
relations, personality characteristics, and styles; and having empathy.
As an HR Business Partner, you must go beyond discussions at the task
level to build relationships on a personal level. This book enables you
to move from an “internal customer” mindset to a “strategic business
partner” mindset.

Featuring 78 chapters containing creative approaches, practical tips,
and proven methods that will help you add value to your company, the
Handbook for Strategic HR is the gold standard resource on the important
topic of organization development.

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